Swage-gage for saws



:No. 748,790,. PATENTED JAN. 5, 1904.

A. 0. REPPETO; SWAGE GAVGBAFOR SAWS.

AIBPLIGATION FILED NOV.10, 1902.

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'NITED' STATES fiatn td january 5, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS O. REPPETO, OF BIIAOHLY,OREGON, ASSIGNOR TO E. C. ATKINS do COMPANY, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

SWAG E-GAG E FOR SAWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 748,790, dated J anuary 5, 1904. Application filed November Ill, 1902. serial No. 130,725. (No modem ably lower than the points of the cutting,

teeth. Gages to assist in the accurate pro:

duetion of the swaged ends of such teeth have been prod need heretofore; but, so far as I am aware, such gages have been of such nature that the swaged portion of the tooth which is being gaged cannot be seen readily from the usual point of operation.

The object of my invention is therefore to provide an efficient and easily-adjusted instrument which may serve as a gage to determine the position of swage of such teeth, the construction being such that the position of the gage with relation to the gaged tooth will be readily observable by the operator from the ordinary position of operation.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device when forming part of an ordinary and corn:

Fig. 2 is a similar view of my device constrncted as an independent tool. Fig. 3 shows my gage in operating position on a section of a saw.

In the drawings, 10 indicates a main body or plate the upper edge of which is provided with a pair of overhanging flanges 11 and 12, the adjacent ends of which are separated a considerable distance. Projecting into the space between the adjacent ends of the flanges 11 and 12 is a gage-finger 13, which preferably lies close to one end of one of the flanges, so as to leave a considerable opening between it and the other flange, thus permitting an unobstructed view of the tooth which is being gaged. Finger 13 may be carried by any suitable means, preferably being constructed integral with a spring 14, the opposite end of which is secured by any suitable means to the flange 11. Any suitable means may be provided to regulate the distance of projection of the lower end of finger 13 below the saw-face of flanges l1 and 12as, for instance, by means of an ad j usting-screw 15threaded through spring, a suitable check-nut 16 beingprovided'to hold the finger in adjusted position.

In operation screw 15 is adj nsted until the lowerend or tip of finger 13 lies that distance below the saw-face of flanges 11 and 12 to Which-the tips of the raker-teeth 17 are to be swaged. Presuming that the saw has been previouslyjointed in any well-known manner, the operator swages the tips of the rakerteeth by means of any desired form of swage, and by placing my improved tool with the saw-face of the flanges 11 and 12 resting upon the cutting-teeth of the saw and bringing the tip of the finger 13 opposite the swaged tips determine without changing position whether said tips have been forced down to the proper amount. It will be noticed that with the tool in the position shown in Fig. 3 the operator may readily determine whether the swaged portions of the raker-teeth have been depressed enough without bringing his-eyes beneath the tip of the gage-finger, the distance between the adjacent ends of the flanges l1 and 12 leaving a perfectly unobstructed view.

I claim as my invention-- 1. A sWage-gage consisting of a main body, a pair of considerably-separated flanges carried thereby and adapted to rest upon the periphery of the saw, a spring gage-finger projecting into the space between said flanges, and means for adjusting said finger transversely with relation to the saw-face of said 3. A sWage-gage consisting of a main body, hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this apair ofseparate flangescarried by said body, 25th day of October, A. D. 1902. a gage-finger rojected into the s ace between said fla ges, and means for a djusting AUGUSTUS REPPETO' 5 said finger transversely through said space, Witnesses:

for the purpose set forth. ARTHUR M. HOOD, In witness whereof I have hereunto set my JAMES A. WALSH. 

